PETALING JAYA – MCA said that the court will be the best place to decide on whether the charges filed against Guan Eng and his wife are true. MCA publicity chief Chan Quin Er said that emotions following the cases against the duo are expected since a political figure has been involved. “Not only that Chew is the wife of …

METRO MANILA – Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray sought the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to help track the people responsible for spreading her alleged nude photo online. Gray confirmed the news after going the the NBI headquarters saying she and her team are taking actions to address the issues. Gray’s Lawyer Atty Joji Alonso released a …

Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Idrus Harun said today that he agreed to make the prosecution withdraw 46 corruption and money laundering charges against Tan Sri Musa Aman, as the unavailability of records from banks located in Hong Kong and the unavailability of certain witnesses indicated that it would be untenable to continue with a trial. Idrus also cited, among …

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has voiced solidarity for his parents who have been called in for the fourth time by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to help in their inquiry of some RM250,000 that were allegedly looted from his house. The former youth and sports minister stated in a Facebook post today that members of his family …

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) stated that Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was not involved in the contentious decision to require Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz to withdraw from his money-laundering charges of more than US$ 248 million (RM1.08 billion today’s exchange rate) of funds related to the 1MDB controversy. In a brief comment, the PMO clarified that the decision was made …

The government’s COVID-19 center has insisted the lower number of new COVID-19 cases announced each day is not due to an alleged lesser number of tests, while health authorities are working to increase test numbers according to the situation. The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) Spokesman Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, has stressed that the drop in the daily number of …

JAKARTA – Indonesia’s badminton legend Taufik Hidayat admitted he acted as an intermediary in an alleged bribery case involving Indonesia’s former Youth & Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi. Imam, who served as minister from 2014-2019, was implicated by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for allegedly accepting bribes amounting to Rp 11.5 billion (US$840,280) and in-kind offers worth Rp 8.64 billion from …

HANOI – Vietnam has reported less than 300 cases of Covid-19 without fatality since January 2020, according to official records. The country with a population of 95 million, Vietnam is quietly winning its war against the virus by implementing early measures such as sealing the borders, quarantined masses of people, used soldiers and police to track down potential infections and …

A new born to a covid-19 positive mother was also diagnosed with the disease, said director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. “18 days after being born, the baby was also found to be Covid-19 positive.” The director-general of health has not yet to confirm whether he baby was infected before or after birth.v “We are not sure but the …

The number of cases from the new coronavirus reaches 100,000 worldwide as the United States battled to contain an outbreak on board a stranded cruise ship where 21 people have tested positive. The World Health Organization called the spread of the virus “deeply concerning” as a wave of countries reported their first cases of the disease — which has now …